Surveillance Devices Act 2004

The Ombudsman must make a written report to the Minister at 6 monthly intervals on the results of each inspection under section 55.

The Minister must cause a copy of the report to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the Minister receives it.

If the report relates, in whole or in part, to an inspection under section 55 of compliance by the Australian Crime Commission with the surveillance device laws of a State or Territory, the Minister must, as soon as practicable after the report is laid before each House of the Parliament, send a copy of the report to the Minister of that State or Territory with responsibility for the surveillance device laws of that State or Territory.

The Minister must exclude information from the report before the Minister causes a copy of the report to be laid before each House of the Parliament if the Minister is satisfied that the information is Part 5.3 information or Part 9.10 information.

If the Minister must send a copy of the report to a Minister of a State under subsection (3), subsection (4) does not require the Minister to exclude from that copy information that the Minister must exclude from the copy of the report the Minister causes to be laid before each House of the Parliament.

If:

because of subsection (4), information has not been included in a copy of a report laid before each House of the Parliament under subsection (2); and

the Ombudsman makes a report (the later report) to the Minister under subsection (1);

reconsider whether the information is Part 5.3 information or Part 9.10 information; and

if the Minister is satisfied that the information is not Part 5.3 information or Part 9.10 information—include the information in the copy of the later report before causing it to be laid before each House of the Parliament under subsection (2).